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Winsford Walled Garden tel: 01409 221477 Area: Devon |
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| Visitor Information | Email: admin //at// winsfordwalledgarden.com |
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Winsford Walled Garden |
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NOTE for 2013: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.winsfordwalledgarden.com |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Parties & groups OK, but only mini-coaches (23-seater). |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: Climbers and garden plants |
To
see: June - Sept |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adults £5; Children under 14 free; Older children £1.50 | ||||||
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| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Garden Features & Events | ||||||
| Variety and exuberance of the planting. Tropical climbers, Bamboo, slate designs. Large gazebo, pergola, 60' Alpine House. 50 + varieties of Thymes. Hedychin, Dahlias, Cannas and Carnivorous plants | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Mike Gilmore |
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| This is an amazing plantsman's garden with over 3,000 varieties. Sympathetic conservation has been used to preserve historic Victorian features while intensive planting makes the walled summer flower garden a stunning and informative place of pleasure to visit. Owner will provide guided tours on request. Winsford is home to the best, most ornamental and most innovative Victorian Greenhouses in the West Country. Unusually, you can see them for yourself when you step inside. Variety and exuberance of the planting. Tropical climbers, Bamboo, slate designs. Large meandering herbaceous borders. Large gazebo, huge pergola, 60' Alpine House. 60+ varieties of Thyme. Hedychium, Dahlias, Cannas, Hibiscus, Bougainvilleas, Carnivorous plants and over 100 climber varieties. Head Gardener/designer/builder/plantsman Mike Gilmore will happily answer your garden-related questions at no extra charge. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| The garden was started in 1833 and it took 2 years to build the 13 greenhouses and the garden walls. Sadly, the decline began in 1919 with the death of the original owner. It accelerated after 1933. By the time the present owners bought the property in 1999 it had become a wasteland of 8ft brambles. The results are all the more amazing in the time, especially since just two people created and maintain the gardens. | ||||||
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| Hotels
& Accommodation: B&B at Winsford |
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Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Okehampton Bude Launceston RHS Rosemoor |
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